Movetech UK to showcase movement solutions at expo

Movetech UK is to showcase its range of standard and bespoke engineered movement solutions, including linear, rotational and omnidirectional, for commerce and industry at Southern Manufacturing.

The company, formerly known as British Turntable, will demonstrate Hovair air film technology on its stand at the event.

A 785mm2, manually operated transporter with a capacity of up to 1.6 tonnes will show how awkward or heavy loads can be moved with ease and positioned accurately.

Information will also be available on: the full Hovair portfolio of air skates, air bearings and associated handling equipment; Movetech UK’s mechanical linear and rotational movement including HGV access turntables; and Jung machinery skates, lifting jacks and purpose-built handling equipment, for which Movetech UK holds exclusive distribution rights in the UK.

Movetech UK

As part of the British Turntable Group Movetech UK has been helping to solve load moving challenges since 1959.

The company offers rotary, linear and vertical movement equipment designed to tackle a variety of materials handling applications, and is well known throughout the industrial, defence, transport, nuclear and non-destructive testing industries for the effectiveness of its solutions. Movetech UK designs and builds a range of equipment for industrial applications to almost any size and capacity, manual or powered, using a multifaceted engineering approach to design and build.

The company’s in-house expertise includes leading-edge Hovair air film technology; JUNG heavy duty lifting jacks and machinery skates are also part of the extensive portfolio on an exclusive distribution rights in the UK basis.

Movetech UK’s highly skilled design and engineering teams work hand-in-hand with client teams, architects, surveyors, construction companies, building specifiers and project engineers to ensure that the optimum solution is provided for each industrial movement problem.

Industrial concerns such as foundries, repair work shops, fabrication and assembly halls, process plants, steel mills, paper mills, power generation facilities, order picking and packing facilities, automotive production line facilities and general manufacturers use Movetech UK’s expertise to:

– automate processes

– improve ergonomics

– minimise operator effort

– optimise use of space

– increase throughput

– improve efficiency

– reduce reliance on forklift replenishment

From manual manipulator devices with simple forward and backward movement, to automated positioning systems, Movetech UK offers efficient, flexible and cost-effective mechanical handling solutions that will present equipment to the production line, or product to the operator, whilst improving ergonomics, minimising operator effort and reducing reliance on forklift replenishment.

Typical applications include: simple bench-mounted assembly turntables; product accumulators to assist in order processing; manual and powered turntables to improve loading efficiency; large revolves to support and turn paper reels; high capacity foundry turntables with automatic control to turn large castings for fettling; traversers and rail-mounted revolves to alter the direction of railed or wheeled vehicles; production line feeder turntables to minimise use of forklift trucks; and equipment to present goods to a production facility in the correct orientation.